Sanitary stool-seat cover



J. P. YOUNG.

SANITARY STOOL SEAT COVER. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 20, I919.

1,377,541. I I Pa tented May 10,1921.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB P. YOUNG, OF HUNTINGTON, INDIANA.

SANITARY STOOL SEAT COVER.

- To all whom it may concern:

eral type stated .citizen of the United Be it known that I, JACOB P.YOUNG, a States, residing at Huntingtom in the county of Huntington andState of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Sanitary Stool-SeatCover, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention has reference to sanitary appliances to be used inconnection with closet seats and it primarily has for its purposes toprovide an appliance of the genin'the nature of a thin sheet of paper,preferably medicated or sterilized, that includes a main portion adaptedto serve as a seat protector, a front portion that serves as an apronfor hanging over the front edge of the seat for protecting the limbs andclothing of the user, a supplemental member fitting over the usualhinged seat cover to protect the back of the user, and including amember that serves as a means for holding the back protecting portion inposition when applied for use.

Another object of my invention is to provide a sanitary appliance, ofthe kind mentioned, comprising a single sheet of aper or other similarmaterial, having diifierent portions relatively so connected whereby thesheet may be applied, not alone over the closet seat but also over theother portions of the,closet bowl and the seat cover with which parts ofthe body contact when at stool, and in such manner that the spread ofvenerial diseases are prevented and natural evacuation encouraged.

With the above objects in View, my invention embodies, in a sanitaryappliance, in the nature of a paper sheet that includes several distinctportions shaped for special purposes, hereinafter stated, and soconnected that the sheet may be quickly applied and held from beingeasily displaced and capable of being easily and compactly so foldedthat the sheet may be properly unfolded and ready for use, and after useas' quickly removed and disposed of.

My invention further consists in the pe- Specification of LettersPatent.

'cated Patented May 10, 1921.

Application filed June 20, 1919. Serial No. 305,472.

including the bowl, the seat and the hinged seat cover.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section taken substantially on the line 22 onFig. 1, parts of the bowl being shown in side elevation.

Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic plan view of the appliance in the fullyextended position.

Fig. 4 is a perspective View of one of the appliances or seat cover'isfolded up.

y improved sanitary stool seat appliance consists of a single sheet ofpreferably medior sterilized paper, or other like foldable material, cutto the blank shape shown in Fig. 3, by reference to which it will benoticed the sheet is cut to include a main portion 1. provided with anopening 10, the surrounding edges 11 of which, inside and out, may bereinforced (as indicated by the dotted line 00) in any suitable mannerto maintain the said edges surrounding the opening in a substantiallyrigid shape when the portion 1 isapplied onto the stool seat. in themanner clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2. It should be stated that while Ihave shown, (as in Fig. 1) the portion 1 formed to the exact shape ofthe stool seat, the opposite outer edges thereof, 1212, may be ofsuflicient width to cause them to fold down over the opposite side edgesof the bowl when the user is seated thereon.

At the front end the sheet has an extended portion 2 which, as shown, isof suificient width and length to constitute an apron 20 when the sheetis applied to the closet seat, it being understood that the said apronmay be of suflicient width to extend practically around and cover theentire front and opposite sides of the bowl.

The sheet a flap-like extending within the opening 10. and thesaid'portion 3, when the appliance is placed for use, asin Figs. 1 and2, constitutes a protecting guard for the male when using the closet.

4 designates another portion of the sheet that constitutes asupplemental cover, for fitting over the hinged seat cover 5 when thelatter is swung against the wall or other solid bearing, and forsustaining the supplemental cover in position, it has an extension flap40 adapted for-being folded over the upper edge of the seat cover, to beclamped by such cover, against the wall, as is clearly shown in Fig. 2.

extension 3 at the front edge restricted transversely, and thereby'c0nstitutes the lines on which the sheet may be conveniently and neatlyfolded upon itself into a compact and neat package, see Fig. 4.Furthermore, by reason of the restricted points of connection betweenthe several distinct parts stated, the said parts will readily drop tothe properly extended position, when it is desired to use the appliance,by simply taking hold of the flap 40. Furthermore, the flap constitutesa convenient means for hanging the entire device from the top of theseat cover and which is held to such position by reason of the coverclamping the flap against the wall, the peculiar connection of the bodyportion 1 with the supplemental cover and the connection of the frontapron to the said body 1, operating to cause the parts 1, 2, 3 and 4: toquickly assume their proper position upon and in the stool seat.

It is obvious that the appliance can be so cheaply made that it can beliberally used and destroyed after using.

From the foregoing taken in connection with the drawing the completeconstruction or formation of my sanitary appliance, the manner of itsuse, and its advantages, will be readily apparent.

Among the advantages it should be mentioned arranging the severaldistinct portions in longitudinal alinement, as shown,

after the device has been hung onto the water closets comprising asingle sheet of foldable material, like medicated or sterilized paper,said sheet including an apertured main portion that constitutes a coverfor the closet seat, a front extension that constitutes an apron forhanging over the bowl, a guard extension into the aperture adapted tofold down within the bowl at the front, a back portion that constitutesa cover for the seat lid when raised, and a flap at the outer end of thelid cover portion adapted for being clamped between the lid and thebearing against which the lid rests, the several sepa-' rate portions,the apron, theseat cover, the lid cover, the flap and the guard being inlongitudinal alinement, the sheet at the junction of the lid cover, theapron portion and the seat portion and the flap connection with the lidcover constituting lines on which the sheet is folda-ble, whereby whenfolded with the flap outermost the sheet opens out to drop in place overthe lid, seat and bowl when the flap is secured between the lid and thebearing against which it rests when swung out.

' JACOB P. YOUNG.

